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Fireworks

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Le feux d’artifice

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The rest of the money

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Le reste de l’argent

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It’s hardly surprising

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C’est pas étonnant

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To pamper

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Chouchouter

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It’s better

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Il vaut mieux

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Yeah

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Ouais

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Worn out with something

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Être sur les genoux avec (quelqu’un ou quelque chose)

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Make the most of, benefit from

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Profiter

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On the other hand

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Par contre (cf., en revanche, d’un autre côté)

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According to

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D’après, selon

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Verbs taking être

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MRS VANDERTRAMP:
Monter --> monté (went up)
Retourner --> retourné (returned)
Sortir --> sorti (went out)
Venir --> venu (came)
Arriver --> arrivé (arrived)
Naître --> né (was born)
Descendre --> descendu (went down)
Entrer --> entré (entered)
Rester --> resté (stayed)
Tomber --> tombé (fell)
Rentrer --> rentré (went back in)
Aller --> allé (went)
Mourir --> mort (died)
Partir --> parti (left)
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Black ice

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Le verglas

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Tense

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Tendu, stressant

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To annoy, bother

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Embêter

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Otherwise

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Autrement

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Teacher’s pet

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Un chouchou

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Memories

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Les souvenirs

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Memory

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La mémoire

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I don’t want to bother you

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Je ne veux pas vous déranger

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We’ll see

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On verra

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A shadow

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Une ombre

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An accompaniment

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Un accompagnement

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The cough

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La toux

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Actually

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En fait

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Pain
La douleur
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The bill
La douloureuse
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To take sb to the cinema
Emmener qn au cinéma
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A calf
Un mollet
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To go, pass, get through
Passer
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To relieve, alleviate
Soulager
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Worker, labourer
Ouvrier, ouvrière
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To fail, to miss, to mess up, bungle
Rater
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Explanation
Une explication
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That's a lie!
C'est un mensonge!
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Unexpected
Inattendu(e)
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While
Alors que
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Now, from now on, henceforth
Désormais
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Now in retirement ...
Désormais à la retraite
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To claim (that something happened)
Prétendre
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To wonder; to be requested
Se demander
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Including; whose
Dont
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Including his brother
Dont son frère
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Beyond
Au-delà de
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Worry, concern
Souci
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No problem, no worries
Pas de souci
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Beforehand
Auparavant
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First, initially, to start with
D'abord
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Fewer
Moins de
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Unless
À moins que (+ subjunctive), à moins de (+ infinitive)
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I'll take it, unless you want it
Je vais le prendre, à moins que vous le vouliez
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To manage
Gérer
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To arrange
Arranger
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Everything is settled
Tout est arrangé
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Quite the opposite!
Bien au contraire !
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Approximately
Approximativement
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Worrying
Inquiétant
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Fine, thin (adj.)
Fin, fine
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Salty, Savoury
Salé(e)
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Have you ordered?
As-tu déjà commandé ?
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Predictable (story, person)
Prévisible
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(Bank/postal) transfer
Le virement (bancaire/postal)
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A saying
Un dicton
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To spell
Épeler
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Clothes peg
Une pince à linge
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Protected
Protégé
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What else?
Quoi d'autre? (Cf., quoi de neuf?)
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To increase
Augmenter
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To smell
Sentir
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To feel
Se sentir
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A steep hill
Une colline escarpé
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To meet halfway, to go fifty fifty
moitié moitié
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To rain cats and dogs
Tomber des cordes
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Tiny, ridiculously small
Riquiqui
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Emergency/Fire escape
Une issue/sortie de secours/d'incendie
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To take advantage of something
Profiter de qqch
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Besides, by the way
D'ailleurs
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By taking, through (such actions)
En prenant
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In order to, so that
Afin de
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In addition
En plus, en outre
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I'm (utterly) fed up
J'en ai (vraiment) marre
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A medical prescription
Une ordonnance
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Anyway (in any case)
De toute façon, en tout cas
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The costs
Les frais
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Help, aid
Le secours
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Help!
Au secours !
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Emergency services
Les services (mpl) d'urgence
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So much, so.
Tellement
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How do you spell it?
Comment ça s'écrit?
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Can you spell it for me?
Pouvez-vous me l'épeler ?
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Unlikely
Improbable, peu probable
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Just a little, somewhat
Quelque peu
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Tax
Une taxe, un impôt
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Noisy
Bruyant
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How did it happen?
Comment ça s'est passé?
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To park the car
Garer la voiture
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Parking
Le stationnement
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"No parking"
"défense de stationner"
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Parking garage
Le parking
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From where
D'où
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Ambulance service
SAMU (service d'assistance médicale d'urgence)
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Wanker
Branleur(euse)
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Half
Une moitié
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To hold
Tenir
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Come and go, back and forth
Un va-et-vient
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Real
Réel(le)
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Anti-racist
Anti-raciste
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Bicycle gears
Les vitesses (f) d'un vélo
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A stone
Une pierre
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Confusing, puzzling, baffling, disconcerting
Déroutant
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A teaspoon
Une petite cuillère
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A saucepan
Une casserole
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A casserole dish
Une marmite, cocotte
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Comma
Virgule
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French email signatures (from very formal to very affectionate).
1. Je vous prie d'agréer - very formal - to bank manager, fonctionnaires, etcétéra 2. Cordialement, bien cordialement 3. Amicalement, Amitiés, amitié (The last one here, amitié, used especially when you know someone a little better but still a little distance remains). 4. Bien à vous/toi 5. Je t'embrasse (generally not used between men, unless relatives). It generally means 'Take care' or 'With love', but can also mean 'Kisses' for a boyfriend/girlfriend situation (or desire for such). 6. Affectueusement (fondly, affectionately, dearly, lovingly), avec toute mon affection (with all my affection, seemingly often used in a Christian context), grosses bises (big kisses) - all of these to be used when you feel close to someone, more or less equivalent to 'love Tim'. 7. Bisous (very affectionate, normally used between family members) If not sure, use ´À bientôt'
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Candle
La bougie
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To remove
Enlever
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A clock
Une horloge
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Damage
Les dégâts
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A complaint
Une plainte
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A strike
Une grève
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That would have been serious
Ça aurait été sérieux
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Anti-waste
Antigaspi
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An estate car
Un break
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Digital
Numérique
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How do you say that in French?
Comment ça se dit en français?
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I find it hard to believe that
J’ai du mal à croire que
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